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Transition begins

Rahm Emanuel has been picked as White House Chief of Staff, allowing everyone to continue talking about West Wing parallels (Emanuel was a source of inspiration for the character of Josh Lyman, who became Matt Santos’s Chief of Staff) – it’s probably time for Joe Biden to get a cardiac check-up.

There’s going to be plenty of speculation about Cabinet appointments until they are actually announced – here’s one list that’s already out there for the foreign policy posts, but as FP notes, most of the rumour comes from people who really don’t know.